Reader Workshop

Title : The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (retold by Elizabeth

Gray)

ACTIVITY #2

CHAPTER 6

A. Answer these questions:

1. Why does Basil want to see Dorian?

He wanted to know how Dorian felt after Sibyl's death

2. How does Basil feel when he sees the portrait?

He did not feel happy with the aged portrait

3. What does Dorian do to Basil?

Dorian kills him by making a hole in his chest

B. Match a word from A with its opposite in B.

A B
1. Irresponsible a. Love
2. Selfish b. Lower
3. Encourage c. Clear
4. Hatred d. Unselfish
5. Exciting e. Discourage
6. Foggy f. Responsible
7. Raise g. Boring

1__F____ 2__D_____ 3___E____ 4___A____ 5___G____ 6___C_____

7____B____
C. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below.

fall back : to move backwards

pick up: to lift
pull away: to remove
take off: to to remove clothes
be out: to be away from home or work
run through: to go through

1. Don´t come into the house before take off your dirty boots.

2. “I am afraid Mr Smith be out at the moment”, his secretary said.

3. She fall back when she sees the UFO land.

4. When I read about the ghost, a shiver run through me.

5. He pick up the child pull away from the fire.

6. Pick up your books fall back and put them on the shelf.

CHAPTER 7

A. Answer these questions:

1. Who´s Alan Campbell? What´s his job?

He is a chemist and good friend of Dorian

2. Why does Dorian call Alan to his house?

To help him get rid of Basilio's body

3. Why does Alan agree to help Dorian?

He threatened saying that he would send a letter which the scientist read
and went pale thinking that if it did not help him get rid of the body it would
damage his reputation, so he agreed.

4. How does the picture look, after Alan gets rid of Basil´s body?

enter and the face had it full of blood and the sitting thing was already
gone.
CHAPTER 8

A. Answer these questions:

1. Why does James Vane want to kill Dorian?

Because he hurt his sister a lot since he was a young man, he was very
overprotective and now his sister was dead.

2. Why does James let Dorian go in the end?

Because Dorian confuses him by telling him that he is not the only one who
should look at his face, that he is very young, he was around 18 years old.

B. Relate the words in the box to each of the ones in the list.

dreadful catch not far away knock snatch fearful strike

close
horrifying hit neighbouring grasp

1. frightening Dreadful Fearful Close horrifying

2. grab Catch Snatch Grasp

3. beat Knock Strike Hit

4. nearby Not for away Neighboring Close

C. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.They may be used more than
once.

On Of Out For

1. Jonathan was accused ____of______ stealing the old woman´s purse.

2. Her father tells her that her boyfriend is not good enough _____for______
her.

3. The lights are ____on_______ , so they must be at home.

4. The old man has dirty clothes ___of_______ and looks very hungry.

5. The man who has just come ____out_______ of my house is my brother.

CHAPTER 9

A. Answer these questions:

1. Why does Dorian faint?

He was nervous because he felt they were going to kill him and he was
afraid of death

2. Who is the man that has been killed?

James Vane the brother of Sybil

B. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box.

main countryside handkerchief rest candles

orchids

1. When I am in the countryside, I feel very peaceful.

2. Orchids are her favorite flowers.

3. She used a handkerchief to wipe the tears from my eyes.

4. I need some rest. I feel exhausted.

5. The main reason why I leave my job is because I don´t earn enough
money.

6. Before electricity was invented, people used candles to light their houses.
.

C. Fill in the gaps below with the correct form of the word in brackets.
It is important for every child to feel that they grow up in a 1 Save (save)
environment and that they are loved. Teachers should make sure that
children feel 2 Comforted (comfort) at school and that they do creative
things in order to develop their 3 Imagine (imagine). A child that receives
no love feels 4 Emptied (empty) and is unable to give love later in life.

CHAPTER 10

A. Answer these questions:

1. How is Dorian going to change his life?

It occurred to him to disappear the portrait since it was the cause of his
misfortunes

2. Why does Dorian want to destroy the picture?

Because he wants to stop looking young and leave everything he did

wrong behind

3. What do the three servants see when they go closer to the picture?

See the portrait in perfect youth and on the floor a person with many
wrinkles.

B. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box.

tortured prepared honourable servants

evidence stuck

1. They don´t have any evidence that he is the thief, so the police let him
go.
2. He would never break a promise. He´s a very honourable man.
3. I am tortured with guilt for what I have done.
4. One hundred years ago, wealthy families had a lot of servants.
5. He stuck the beach umbrella into the sand.
6. She prepared a beautiful meal for ther friends.
C. Add the correct prefixes to find the opposites o the words below.

un- / dis-

1. Satisfy Dis-
2. Changed Un-
3. Appearance Dis-
4. Prepared Un-
5. Selfish Un-
6. Honour Dis-